( had to recreate because i accidentally post it unfinished, sorry @t3m1
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@t3m1 art of creatures
Planarians
ants
[ and done! Doubles, or as their scientific name is “De-MitosesExtrems”!]
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Okay, starting with:
Biology:
These creatures evolved in a constantly transforming environment! Making them in need to stay alive. So evolution said “if death is common, weaponize it” because of that these creatures evolved regrowth of extreme measures!
Upon Death, or stopping of blood flow the body will try to create a new version! There are 2 types.
1. Full Duplication: when the body is cut or destroyed to pieces, each piece will make a new body
2. Twin Duplication: If the body stopped blood flow while intact, the body will grow 2 brains in a single body, until the body is cut.
But still, the experience of Death is stuck with the duplicated bodies, because of that these creatures evolved into a kind of a “Superorganism”, making colonies underground to keep themselves alive and away from death.
But to make sure no one gets confused on what to do they have evolved to have a
Leadership:
Leadership is important! As without a leader the colony will stop doing anything aside slacking until no food is left and everyone is scared to get outside of the colony, meeting endless pain of Death.
Leaders do not duplicate upon death, as the Marks stop that from happening because it cuts of vital biological information for Duplication.
The leader has 3 stages of life, which are:
1. The Chosen: after the leader’s death, a member of the colony, mostly the smartest or the most hardworking, gets chosen as a leader, and using a sharp object the create an X shape on the forehead and make some “A Special Duplication Mark” across the body.
2. The lead: After being chosen, the new leader can make any change in Laws. But most importantly, leading the colony to a stable state where it doesn’t need the help of outside colonies.
3. The end: it has 2 ways to end which are; One- the leader is bad at the job and gets dethroned, or, two- the leader Rots away because of bacteria. After which, we go back to stage 1.
Alas, now let talk about -
The colonies:
Colonies happen when there are 2 leader’s in a colony, the colony takes the best and throws the other out, with 2 other members as a sign of “THANKS for being with us”.
After which a New colony far from the original starts! The leader will help the other 2 in digging the New colony up before they start to die because of Fungus or other small insects.
There are 3 types of things that happen when 2 colonies meet:
1. War: a war between the two until on declares lose.
2. Alliance: the two colonies will start helping each other, no harming alouded.
3. SuperColony: the 2 leaders stop being leaders and a New leader is made for a superColony!
Now after that, let get to the Point where these dude are most complex! The -
Infrastructure:
The most complex thing the Doubles have ever made! More complex than Ant Colonies!
There are roads, stations, stops, rest houses, bridges, Highways. All without cars!
Each road, bit, design, is made with fashion, and structure to last longer, and be used effectively all the time!
And so there are houses that hold Jobs, they call them “Housing jobs” so let talk about -
Jobs:
Each member has it own job depending on the Duplication!
There are many jobs! Like Humans, i will only say the unique ones from Humans, which includes:
1- explorers: these guys get out of the colony to locate Foods, or location of interest (LOI). Afterwards they reported it back to the colony.
2- Gatherers: these one Go to the Places of food to get the food for the colony, usually making tunnels towards the food points!
3- storage units: these ones store stuff in the storage and are the ones that guard it.
And you may ask “wait how do they "report it back”?“ Will they have a -
Language:
Their language is complex of sounds and noises! And when it comes to writing their language becomes even more complex! Here a photo of their language written -
Hope you can understand why it’s complex.
FUN FACTS:
Doubles are 20Cm tall and live near mountains!
Doubles hate intruders, and have caused the death of many, just by entering their bodies and eating it from the inside out!
